- With its foundation firmly anchored in three core planks of the CGIAR Vision and Strategy to 2010 ¿ giving highest priority to research needs of South Asia and adopting a regional approach to research planning and integration of partnerships, a draft strategy for the South Asia Regional Partnership…
- Objectives: 1) To rationalize the management of insect pests of cotton in southern India, in terms of reducing the excessive amounts of pesticides that are currently applied. This is likely to have immediate beneficial effects on the health of the farming community, and on the agrobiodiversity of…
- ILRI and ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) identified, through GIS-based mapping, that smallholder dairy is increasing in importance in the HKH region. Informal discussions with NARS, NGOs and Dairy Cooperatives in Nepal, Bhutan, Uttar Pradeah and Himachal Pradesh of…
- Objectives: a. Develop and test methodology for identifying priorities for pearl millet breeding work in Rajasthan, India; b. Develop methods for understanding farmers¿ needs and priorities for pearl millet production; c. Develop concepts and methods for understanding farmers¿ concepts of seed…
- Objectives: 1) Development of high yielding hybrids with an yield advantage of 15-20% over the conventional varieties. 2) Optimization of seed production package. 3) Standardization of agronomic package for cultivation of hybrids. 4) Strengthening the human resource development. 5)¿nLarge scale…
- 1. ICAR invites all Indian NARIs and universities to join CIARD The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has formally invited all ICAR Institutes and all Universities to join the “Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development” (CIARD) initiative (http://www.ciard.net…